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AMBnosn s. GQLEMAN, or LYNnoNviLLE, NEW YORK. Letters Patent No. 68,699, dated September 10, 1867.

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Be it known that'I, AMBROSE B. COLEMAN, oi' Lyndonville, in the county oi' Orleans, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful improvement in Draught Neck-Yokes for Horses and Oxon; and I do' hereby declare that the following is a fl'ill and 'exact description thereof',V reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon. I

The nature of my invention consists in providing a span of horses with a lcheap, light, andconvenient` draught neck-yoke, in which they can work in all places where horses can be worked, at the same time dispensing with whie-trees.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction `and operation. i

I construct my improved draughtneck-yoke acccrding to the accompanying drawings.` Figure l, in the drawings, represents a front elevated view.

Letters a and b are the haines, which will fit on any common collar, though they maybepadded, as seen on one of the hames, thus forming a home and collar together, doing away with the necessity of any other collar. .Letters c and r2 are inclined levers, the ripper ends of' which are attached to the top ofthe homes by means of hooks in the centre oi' the top-harne connectings, and the lower ends, crossing each other, are .'"tttaehed'rtothe slide-band Zend m.

Letters e andf are horizontal slidelevers worked as follows: r'. e., one end of the slide-lever e is attached to the bottom-haine connecting y, and passes through the slide'bnnd Z, and is fastened into the slide-band m by a bolt; and the slide-lever f is attached to the bottom-llame connecting g, and passes through the slide-band m, and' is fastened into the slide-hand Z. Thereby the leversf and d and the homes bmove hack and forth together towards the llames @and the levers e and e and the haines a move back and forth together towards the llames This arrangement permits the horses to move from and towards each other at will.

Letters g and g are bottom-home conneetings, made of wood -or iron. They may be shaped different, and

they may have a hinge in the centre.

Letters h and h are top-home connectings, made of wood or iron, to holdthe top oi the haines together,

and at the centre of which thertops of the inclined levers c and ci are attached. v

Letters z' andj are ropes or chains. Both ends of each are fastened to the inclined levers as follows: Ono end of the chain z' t' is fastened to the inclined lever c near the top, and the other end to the lever d near `the bottom; rand one end of the chain jj is fastened to the inclined lever d near the top, and the other end is fastened to the level" cnear the bottom. These chains pass through the ring of the chain lc; or thecentre of each one may be attached to the end of a short lever, in which ease'the chain k will be attached to the centre' ot' the short lever.

Letter 7c is the long chain, which is worked between the horses for the purpose ot' drawing the load.

Letters Z and m are the slide-bands, through which the slidelevers pass as the horses move to or, from each other. v

For lighter and more fancy uses I 'construct my yoke according to the drawings inFigure 2, the lettersb ma a a being,r short top llames.

Letters b and b are draw-levers, with a hinge or joint a little below the centre, that they may hond ono way` and not the other. The top and bottom ends are attached to hooks on the home connectiugs d ol'd d.

Letters c e are straps, one end attached near the top and the other near the bottom` of the draw-leversb b.

Letter e are two conneetingrods, attached to the drawlevers, and slide along on eachother, and are sus-4 tained there by loops7 through which they pass. This permits the horsesto spread and come together at will.

Letter f is a short lever. Each end is attaehednear the centre of the straps e e. Letter g is the draw-chain, attached near the centre of the draw-chain fr vWhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The whole of the improved drought neck-yoke as herein described in this specification and description, in

the manner substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

AMBROSE B.' COLEMAN.

Witnesses: Y

OLEs FLYNN, y It. W. JUDsoN. 

